Favorite Trumpet you own?

cgaiii · Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 5:45 pm Post subject:

My Schilke X3L with Sandoval modifications. Love it every time i play it.
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loudog · Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 6:02 pm Post subject:

In no order, my current 3 favorite horns are:

My Bach 239 with a full Ken Larson conversion that he did using a Malone MC1 leadpipe. Best C trumpet I've ever encountered...perfectly in tune scale, super even from top to bottom. This horn resonates and projects like crazy. THE magic Bach C trumpet. Practically plays itself. No joke.

My Weimann Passion C trumpet. I also love this horn to death...part of me wishes I could play it all the time and only play rotary trumpet.

My Norwich Baroque trumpet. This is a one of a kind instrument that Matt built for me...solid copper Kodisch bell, copper crooks and yards, Brittania silver garland, ball, and ferrules. Crooks and yards for C, Cb, D, and Db (with an additional Db set with a mini crook in it to make it more ergonomic). Fantastic Baroque trumpet that outplays my old Egger in every way.

These are the three that I will never sell. I have other horns that I'm in love with to...but this is my triumvirate.
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Robert1 · Regular Member Joined: 13 Sep 2018 Posts: 23

My Ken Larson Eb/D that he made for me back in 2016. Gorgeous sound.
Sounds comparably as large as a C trumpet when I want that (at least no one can really tell that I am not using a C). Sounds as delicate as a Schilke E3L when I want that. Incredible intonation throughout, with all natural fingerings for written E/Eb/D. Plus, he made a 4th-valve extension off of the 3rd slide with a rotary valve for me. I can play as low as a Bb trumpet on this horn. It is a lifesaver, and it is the best trumpet I have ever played.

Goby · Heavyweight Member Joined: 11 Jun 2017 Posts: 648

Possegger

Master craftsmanship and genius-level engineering in all of his horns. Some of the most cutting edge instruments out there.

Trumpetingbynurture · Heavyweight Member Joined: 18 Nov 2015 Posts: 898

I've got a few different Bbs and love them each, and they're all really different.

I've recently got a couple of old horns that just sound and respond better than the other instruments I've played.

I have a Selmer Paris, not entirely sure what model. I think it's a 24B but it's not marked anywhere. The horn responds like crazy. Very solid, centred sound, and the notes seem to jump out of the bell. Sounds is a little 'veiled' similar to a rotary trumpet sound, I think due to the bell garland. But of the four Bb trumpets I own, this is the one that makes those fiddly things like the Carnival of Venice the easiest (although I've never gotten it to performance condition). It's just easier!

I also have a recently acquired French Besson Brevette which just has a great sounds and that I also just enjoy the 'feeling' of playing more than other modern trumpets I've tried.

Bill_Bumps · Veteran Member Joined: 07 May 2019 Posts: 157

I currently own only one trumpet, a Selmer K-Modified. I love it, and won't part with it.

Halflip · Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 3:20 pm Post subject:

I've said it before, and my feelings haven't changed: 1975 King Golden Flair.

I liked it so much, . . . well, no I didn't buy the company (remember that Remington shaver ad?) . . . but I DID buy a second one.

Jerry · Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 4:39 pm Post subject:

blownchops · Regular Member Joined: 15 Apr 2020 Posts: 84

I have enjoyed reading stories about all of these cherished horns. I think it is very nice that so many have a horn we hold so dear.
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cheiden · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:20 pm Post subject:

LOVED my first Strad LR18072/25. It retrospect it had some limitations but I really love it and how it stood out from most other Strads. Curiously, when it was stolen I could not find one I liked nearly as well and ended up going in an entirely different direction.
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Tpt_Guy · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:17 pm Post subject:

I'd have to say my C trumpet.

It's a 1968 Bach 239. Corp bell with French bead, two piece valve casing, narrower bracing, and even though it is a standard weight for its day it is lighter than the newer Bach Chicago C. I had Dick Akright replace the original 25A pipe with a Bel Canto pipe in a reverse configuration. This raised the 4th space E and Eb (and top G a bit) so I can choose to either use standard fingerings or use alternates depending on how my part fits, and it also gives a slightly broader sound.

The horn has snappy response, is flexible, has good intonation, and has a nice 239 bell sound. It also lights up when pushed without the sound spreading.

I will never sell it and would love to get a 229 from the same era some day.

My Bb is in a close second. Quick response, good intonation, broad sound, good projection. My only issue is the rounded slide gives me 1/8" pull on the main slide, so playing in cold environments can be a gamble.
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musicmork · Heavyweight Member Joined: 13 Mar 2004 Posts: 1530

My mid 60's Getzen Eterna "Doc Severinsen" model Bb trumpet. Medium large bore and in silverplate with standard waterkeys. Also has a .460 main tuning slide and a .458 main tuning slide.
The best horn I've played in many many years.
Articulates great and just sings. Also easy and fun to play.
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Trumpetingbynurture · Heavyweight Member Joined: 18 Nov 2015 Posts: 898

How about best horn you don't own?

Mine would probably have to be the Yamaha Chicago Gen II C trumpet. I tried one at a store and it was just wonderful to play. Alas I did not have $5k to drop on a new horn!

delano · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 11:32 pm Post subject:

Robert P · Heavyweight Member Joined: 28 Feb 2013 Posts: 2595

1970-ish Eterna Severinsen.

When in the Army band program they issued us Conn Connstellations which I didn't really like that much at the time, I preferred my King Silver Flair but would be curious to see how that Conn feels to me now. My chops evolution has put me in a completely different place since then and I might feel differently about it. I gather a lot of pros including Maynard played Connstellations at one time. The main thing I remember is it was much heavier than my King.

GeorgeB · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 2:49 am Post subject:

scottfsmith · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:22 am Post subject:

My all-time favorite seems to change every six months.. there are too many interesting horns on eBay to buy and sell and I learn something new from each one.

Right now I am really attached to my Courtois Evo IV. The only reason I bought it is the price was rock bottom. It is a heavy horn, never thought I would like one. But, the Evo is super even, stable, precise, strong, clear, just a great horn.

Before that it was an Adams A1. It is a very easy blow and also very well-balanced. The Evo gets hard passages out with more ease and reliability, but I do like the tone on the Adams and am going to hang on to it awhile longer.

Bunch more before that one, too

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H_Ferland · New Member Joined: 06 Oct 2017 Posts: 1

Mine is definitely my baroque trumpet made by Aron Vajna.
The instrument has an amazing resonance, you can litteraly feel the horn vibrating while you play and the tone is really flexible, from very warm and mellow to bright and loud

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giakara · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:08 pm Post subject:

My 2003 Lawler TL5-1A.

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